"resistless hostages"
"No other colony showed such supine, selfish helplessness in allowing her own border citizens to be mercilessly harried"
1.仰卧的;平躺着的
If you aresupine, you are lying flat on your back.
e.g. ...bedridden persons confined to thesupine position.
那些只能平躺在床上的久病不起的人。
e.g. ...a statue of asupine dog.
一只仰卧姿势的狗的雕像
2.懒散的;得过且过的;软弱的
If you describe someone assupine, you mean that they let events happen because they are too lazy or afraid to influence them.
e.g. ...a willing andsupine executive.
一个为人和气、得过且过的主管
1. 仰卧的:supinate 翻手掌 |supine 仰卧的 |supinely 掌心向上地
2.
2. 面朝上的;仰卧的:垂直的 vertical;perpendicular | 面朝上的;仰卧的supine | 面朝下的;俯卧的 prone
3. 上層語言;表層:superstratum 上位概念 |supine 上層語言;表層 | supperessive 動名詞;目標式
4. 仰卧的/掌心向上的/懒散的:supinator /旋后肌/ |supine /仰卧的/掌心向上的/懒散的/ | supper /晚餐/晚饭/飧/
They buried their dead on their backs, or in a supine position.
出自:Sir T. BrowneI lay supine in the grasses..staring up vertically.
出自:R. Church